In that game, Chivas USA’s Mondaini came at Morales from behind with a misguided sweep. And in the days after it was learned Morales had broken his ankle, Utah fans called for a big suspension for Mondaini. Their argument used Brian Mullan’s 10-game suspension as precedent, from the Colorado midfielder’s hard tackle of Seattle’s Steve Zakuani on April 28.

But the MLS disciplinary committee disagreed. They gave Morales just a four-game suspension.

Are they different tackles? Did Mondaini deserve as harsh a punishment as the Rapids’ Mullan got? Was Mullan’s tackle six game worse than Mondaini’s’?

How do you judge? What is the criteria? What does this say about MLS? Will we see more broken bones in coming weeks?

These and many more questions are swirling around the league this weekend. But for evidence either way, here are the two incidents in video, for comparison’s sake:

Daniel was first introduced to soccer at age 6 while living in Düsseldorf, West Germany. He played youth soccer in West Germany until age 9, and then in Seattle, where he is originally from. He works as the day breaking news editor and also contributes on the Rapids beat.